A Board shall count only actual hours of participation in TANF core and non-core activities as allowable work participation hours with the following exceptions, unless otherwise specified in this chapter:

1. (1) For paid work activities set forth in §§811.42 - 811.44, Boards may count paid holidays or other paid leave as actual participation hours.

2. (2) For unpaid work activities set forth in §811.41 and §§811.45 - 811.50, Boards may count short-term excused absences as actual participation if they meet the following conditions:

   1. (A) A short-term excused absence:

      1. (i) is because of a holiday; or
      2. (ii) totals a maximum of 10 additional days within a 12-month period and does not exceed two excused absences per month.
   2. (B) The Choices participant must have been scheduled to participate in an unpaid work activity during the time period in which the holiday or excused absence falls. Boards shall ensure credited participation hours do not exceed the number of hours the Choices participant was scheduled to participate.

3. (3) A Board may project participation hours in unsubsidized employment (except self-employment), subsidized employment, and on-the-job training, up to six months at a time, using an average of four weeks of current, documented actual hours. For self-employment, a Board:

   1. (A) may project participation hours in self-employment, up to six months at a time, using an average of three months of current, documented actual hours.
   2. (B) may not count more hours toward the work participation rate for self-employed Choices participants than the number derived by dividing the Choices participant's net self-employment income (gross self-employment wages minus business expenses) by the federal minimum wage.

Source Note:The provisions of this §811.34 adopted to be effective February 26, 2007, 32 TexReg 906.